Associate Director - Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor (Semiconductor Construction)

Turner & Townsend are looking for an experienced Associate Director, Cost Management and/or Quantity Surveying professional to lead the delivery of cost management services for key clients and major capital construction programs. This individual will provide strategic leadership across cost management activities, ensuring successful delivery, stakeholder engagement, commercial outcomes, and operational excellence throughout the project lifecycle. This role will support large-scale semiconductor and advanced manufacturing construction projects and will serve as a senior client-facing leader responsible for managing project teams, driving best practices, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex, fast-paced construction programs. The successful candidate will be comfortable operating at both the project and program level, providing commercial leadership across multiple workstreams and stakeholders. To be successful in this role, you must have excellent communication skills and be comfortable operating in a client-facing environment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, driven, and capable of leading teams while fostering collaboration across clients, consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders. In this significant position, you will be responsible for providing leadership and direction, embedding and promoting the purpose, values, and vision of Turner & Townsend. Responsibilities: • Strong leadership skills, including experience leading cost management teams and ensuring successful delivery across all accountabilities. • Take a lead role in interfacing with clients, stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and project teams at all stages of project delivery. • Maintain excellent communication with clients and project teams throughout all project phases. • Lead quantity surveying, cost management, cost controls, forecasting, and change management activities throughout the project lifecycle. • Communicate effectively and professionally with numerous parties including general contractors, owner's representatives, design teams, and external stakeholders, taking responsibility for Turner & Townsend coordination within the overall construction process. • Coordinate and assist with the strategic and operational management of Cost Management and Project Controls services across complex construction programs. • Serve as the primary point of contact for reporting on the overall commercial status of projects and programs. • Drive Turner & Townsend best practices across all phases of project and program delivery. • Provide leadership on cost planning, estimating, procurement, change management, cost reporting, risk management, and commercial strategy. • Lead commercial reviews, contractor negotiations, change order evaluations, and final account settlements. • Oversee project budgets, commitments, contingencies, cash flow forecasts, and cost-at-completion reporting. • Support program-level reporting and provide executive-level commercial updates to senior client stakeholders. • Identify opportunities to improve cost management procedures, processes, templates, systems, and service delivery. • Undertake staff performance reviews and provide ongoing coaching and development. • Set a clear strategy and vision for the team and support business growth objectives. • Identify, coach, and mentor talent to realize their potential and celebrate the success of others. • Grow and develop exceptional people and high-performing teams. • Display excellence in leadership and service delivery on commissions in line with the conditions of appointment. • Financial Management: Utilize internal software to track ongoing margin levels and monthly fee/resource forecasts for each commission and financial reports. • Develop prio